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A major shift in industrial data is coming. The EU Data Act, taking full effect on September 12, 2025, will transform how businesses handle mandatory data sharing. With hundreds of connected products but no infrastructure in place, many CIOs face a critical challenge. As digital expert Pieter van Schalkwyk puts it, this revolution is as impactful as the 19th-century railroad boom—laying the tracks for the future of business value. Are you ready?

Tens of millions? Due to legal updates? How the hell was it possible?’’ That's exactly what happened to Uber in 2017.

There is one thing that every big company has in common. They all want to be ‘’data-driven”. OK. But why? McKinsey’s study shows that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, 6 times more likely to retain customers, and 19 times more likely to be profitable as a result. Yet, a harsh reality remains: most companies struggle to realize these benefits due to fundamental data quality and integration challenges. "Most organizations are drowning in data but starving for insights," is a main takeaway from Delloitte’s report. This observation aligns with Gartner's finding that organizations believe poor data quality to be responsible for an average of $15 million per year in losses.

Imagine this: you're driving in a luxury car. Beautiful leather seats, advanced GPS and a powerful engine under the hood. Everything is perfect, except for one tiny detail. Your speedometer shows 50 km/h, but you're actually driving at 80 km/h. No big deal, right? Wrong. That "small data issue" could get you killed. Or worse, kill someone else. Or at least, cost your driver's license.

The real cost of data privacy shortcuts

The power of unified data management

Get more value out of you data and freedom to use it effectively

Data integration streamlines operations by automating processes and reducing errors, enabling real-time decision-making, and breaking down silos between departments for seamless collaboration. It also supports scalability by managing increasing data complexity and ensures regulatory compliance with clean audit trails.

Bad data can silently sabotage your business, leading to wasted marketing budgets, operational inefficiencies, and missed growth opportunities. It skews insights, disrupts decision-making, and erodes trust, costing businesses billions annually. This post highlights the tangible impacts of bad data, from increased costs to reputational damage, and outlines strategies for data cleaning, validation, and governance to unlock the full potential of accurate data.